About James Higginbotham

Burlingame, Calif., February 17, 2009 – Natsume Inc., a worldwide
developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced
today that it will be publishing Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for the
Nintendo DS this spring. The company also released the first
screenshots and gameplay details.  The game is scheduled to hit retail
this May.

Something strange is happening on Sunny Island! Crops are popping up
everywhere and growing out of control! If something isn’t done soon,
the once-tranquil island will be buried in an avalanche of vegetables!
It’s up to the players to solve the mystery of this produce
predicament as they try to tame the crops and gather as many
vegetables as they can!
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Hey guys, I told you I will be sticking around these few weeks. I just wanted to jump onto the site to let you know about this Blink-182 Wii Covers. …
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According to a job listing on GamaSutra, they are looking for Wii experience on a supposedly PS3, 360 only game.

Additional Experience and Skills (highly desired): • Experience developing for …
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GameSop Email

Nintendo Wii

North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 2. Rock Band 2 Special Edition (EA Games) 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 4. Wii Play (Nintendo) 5. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)

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Mario and Luigi 3 – first two days of sales – 155,000 units sold – 57% of first shipment

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time – first week sales – …
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NEW PUBLISHER ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST PRODUCTS

Karlstad, Sweden: Nordic Games Publishing AB today announces their first set of console titles, Dance Party Pop Hits and Dance Party Club Hits, for the WiiTM and PlayStation®2. Both titles will launch across EMEA on the 3rd April 2009.

The Dance Party games feature music from two different genres to appeal to a broad audience, including classic tracks from leading artists like “Black and Gold” – Sam Sparro, “The Creeps” – Camille Jones, “Cry For You” – September, “Push The Button” – Sugababes, “Some Kinda Rush” – Booty Luv and “Murder On The Dance Floor” by Sophie Ellis Bextor.

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Re-record of legendary metal anthem ‘Ace of Spades’ joins the set list

Friday 13th February/… Once honoured by Metallica with seven Motörhead covers performed as “The Lemmys,” GRAMMY® Award-winning legend and lead vocalist and bassist of Motörhead, Lemmy, will take his rightful place on stage alongside Lars, James, Kirk and Robert in Activision Publishing Inc.’s Guitar Hero® Metallica® this spring.

Budding rockstars will have the opportunity to experience Lemmy’s in-game likeness as he wails away on vocals and shreds his bass guitar – or play as the icon himself. The rock ‘n’ roll legend, born Ian Kilmister, will have a familiar tune with him as Motörhead’s 2008 re-record of ‘Ace of Spades’ rocks its way into the set list.

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Classic action-adventurer returns to the home console with new play mechanics, techniques and game modes.

February 13th 2009 – Let loose your inner gladiator and swing into action as Rising Star Games announces the return of the legendary warrior in Rygar: The Battle of Argus, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii™. Featuring updated gameplay mechanics with the legendary Diskarmour shield as well as new techniques, enemies and game modes, this latest version brings the classic action-adventure gameplay back to gaming purists. Rygar: The Battle of Argus is set to swing back into action throughout PAL territories in June 2009.

In Rygar: The Battle of Argus, intuitive use of the Wii Remote™ allows players to effectively control the powerful weapon to destroy enemies and manoeuvre on, around, over and under obstacles. Players will challenge themselves in the all-new Gladiator Mode by rapidly swinging and slashing their way through non-stop waves of foes.

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Street Fighter IV (PS3/360): 9.25 SO: 9.5 (Console Game of the Month) F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PS3/PC/360): 8.25 SO: 8.5 Afro Samurai (PS3/360): 7.75 SO: 7.75 Lord of the Rings: …
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As you can tell by these colorful graphs. The Wii did much better January 2009 than in January 2008. Wow, that’s a relief, I have been worrying about …
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NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Coming off a record year in the video game category, MTVN Entertainment Group’s Spike TV, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIA.B) , today announced that it signed an expansive, multi-year talent and production deal with video game journalist Geoff Keighley. The deal includes Keighley developing, executive producing and hosting a slate of original video game special for the network. The first special, “Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions Of Gaming Final” featuring Derek Jeter and Reggie Bush will premiere on Wednesday, February 18 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.

The multi-faceted deal encompasses on-camera hosting, producing and Keighley’s role as Spike’s executive in charge of publisher relations. As part of the deal, Keighley will continue to host and executive produce “GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley,” which grew its average audience 33% in 2008, moderate the roundtable talkshow “The Bonus Round” on GameTrailers.com, and act as a producer on the annual Spike “Video Game Awards.”

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Nintendo kicked off 2009 the same way it finished 2008: with a bang. While the video game industry grew by $150 million (12 percent) year-on-year, Nintendo’s total sales grew by $300 million in January, offsetting declines on other platforms.

Sales of the Wii™ console in January were up 148 percent over January 2008, with nearly 680,000 units sold, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Since Wii launched in November 2006, it has sold more than 18 million units in the United States.

Sales of the Nintendo DS™ system in January were also up 99 percent over January 2008, and it once again was the top-selling portable system with more than 510,000 units sold. Since Nintendo DS launched in November 2004, it has sold more than 28 million units in the United States.

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TOKYO (February 12, 2009) – SEGA® Corporation and Nintendo Co., Ltd today announced that two of the biggest video game heroes, Mario™ and Sonic™, will be coming together again, this time taking their rivalry to the snow and ice in another officially licensed Olympic-themed smash hit Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games™. Heading to stores late in 2009 on the Wii™ home video game system and Nintendo DS, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will take players to Vancouver, Canada, host city of the official 2010 Olympic Winter Games. This gaming experience invites players of all ages and skill sets to face-off in some of the most intense winter competitions available for the Nintendo platforms.

Developed by SEGA of Japan, under the guidance of Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will take players to lifelike Olympic venues where they can choose from a legendary cast of playable characters, including new faces to the series to be revealed later this year. Following the phenomenal worldwide popularity of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, this fresh gaming experience will feature completely new Olympic Winter Games events from the official competition schedule including Alpine Skiing and Speed Skating with more events announced throughout the year.

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